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Beijing by foot, tonight at The Bookworm

Posted by Jeremy Goldkorn, June 17, 2008 12:41 PM
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Tonight at 7:30pm at the Beijing Bookworm, author Eric Abrahamsen, author of the upcoming book Beijing by Foot and an eponymous blog, will talk about aspects of the capital's history, focusing on Republican-era Beijing and Xuanwu District in particular.

For directions to the Bookworm, see their website.

 

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Eric Abrahamsen has been doing some excellent work in Beijing, as evidenced by his blog. I suspect his upcoming book will be a must-read once it's released. Too bad I can't make it to the talk :-(

Posted by: b. | June 17, 2008 5:47 PM

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